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Buying the Wind

Regional Folklore in the United States

By: Richard M. Dorson

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Buying the Wind

Regional Folklore in the United States

By: Richard M. Dorson

Selection of tales, songs, riddles, proverbs and other items of folklore from seven regional cultures of the U.S.A.

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University of Chicago Press

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0226158624

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9780226158624

Why Do Men Barbecue?

Recipes for Cultural Psychology

By: Richard A. Shweder

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Why Do Men Barbecue?

Recipes for Cultural Psychology

By: Richard A. Shweder

Why do American children sleep alone instead of with their parents? Why do middle-aged Western women yearn for their youth, while young wives in India look forward to being middle-aged? In these essays, the author reminds us that cultural differences in mental life lie at the heart of any understanding of the human condition. Drawing on ethnographic studies of the distinctive modes of psychological functioning in communities around the world, Richard Shweder explores ethnic and cultural differences in ideals of gender, in the life of the emotions, in conceptions of mature adulthood and the stages of life, and in moral judgments about right and wrong. The knowable world, Shweder observes, is incomplete if seen from any one point of view, incoherent if seen from all points of view at once, and empty if seen from nowhere in particular. This work strives for the "view from manywheres" in a culturally diverse yet interdependent world.

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436

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Harvard University Press

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0674010574

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9780674010574

Before Salem

Witch Hunting in the Connecticut River Valley, 1647-1663

By: Richard S. Ross III

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Before Salem

Witch Hunting in the Connecticut River Valley, 1647-1663

By: Richard S. Ross III

Decades before the Salem Witch trials, 11 people were hanged as witches in the Connecticut River Valley. The advent of witch hunting in New England was directly influenced by the English Civil War and the witch trials in England led by Matthew Hopkins, who pioneered "techniques" for examining witches. This history examines the outbreak of witch hysteria in the Valley, focusing on accusations of demonic possession, apotropaic magic and the role of the clergy. Although the hysteria was eventually quelled by a progressive magistrate unwilling to try witches, accounts of the trials later influenced contemporary writers during the Salem witch hunts. The source of the document "Grounds for Examination of a Witch" is identified.

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342

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McFarland

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1476627797

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9781476627793

The Physics and Mathematics of MRI

By: Richard Ansorge,Martin Graves

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The Physics and Mathematics of MRI

By: Richard Ansorge,Martin Graves

Magnetic Resonance Imaging is a very important clinical imaging tool. It combines different fields of physics and engineering in a uniquely complex way. MRI is also surprisingly versatile, 'pulse sequences' can be designed to yield many different types of contrast. This versatility is unique to MRI. This short book gives both an in depth account of the methods used for the operation and construction of modern MRI systems and also the principles of sequence design and many examples of applications. An important additional feature of this book is the detailed discussion of the mathematical principles used in building optimal MRI systems and for sequence design. The mathematical discussion is very suitable for undergraduates attending medical physics courses. It is also more complete than usually found in alternative books for physical scientists or more clinically orientated works.

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186

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Morgan & Claypool Publishers

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1681741326

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9781681741321

Empire Falls

By: Richard Russo

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Empire Falls

By: Richard Russo

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • The bestselling author of Nobody's Fool and Straight Man delves deep into the blue-collar heart of America in a work that overflows with hilarity, heartache, and grace. “Rich, humorous ... Mr. Russo’s most seductive book thus far.” —The New York Times Welcome to Empire Falls, a blue-collar town full of abandoned mills whose citizens surround themselves with the comforts and feuds provided by lifelong friends and neighbors and who find humor and hope in the most unlikely places, in this Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Richard Russo. Miles Roby has been slinging burgers at the Empire Grill for 20 years, a job that cost him his college education and much of his self-respect. What keeps him there? It could be his bright, sensitive daughter Tick, who needs all his help surviving the local high school. Or maybe it’s Janine, Miles’ soon-to-be ex-wife, who’s taken up with a noxiously vain health-club proprietor. Or perhaps it’s the imperious Francine Whiting, who owns everything in town–and seems to believe that “everything” includes Miles himself. Look for Richard Russo's new book, Somebody's Fool, coming soon.

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498

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Vintage

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0307809889

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9780307809889

The Complete Book of Paint

70 Techniques, Finishes, and Designs for Your Home

By: Liz Wagstaff,Richard Lowther,Lynne Robinson

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The Complete Book of Paint

70 Techniques, Finishes, and Designs for Your Home

By: Liz Wagstaff,Richard Lowther,Lynne Robinson

Presents more than seventy techniques and finishes for walls, floors, and furniture, including stenciling, sponging, stippling, and color-washing, with ideas for weekend projects and advice on selecting materials and preparing surfaces.

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Chronicle Books

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0811849473

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9780811849470

A History of the Hal Roach Studios

By: Richard Lewis Ward

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A History of the Hal Roach Studios

By: Richard Lewis Ward

Once labeled the “lot that laugher built,” the Hal Roach Studios launched the comedic careers of such screen icons as Harold Lloyd, Our Gang, and Laurel and Hardy. With this stable of stars, the Roach enterprise operated for forty-six years on the fringes of the Hollywood studio system during a golden age of cinema and gained notoriety as a producer of short comedies, independent features, and weekly television series. Many of its productions are better remembered today than those by its larger contemporaries. In A History of the Hal Roach Studios, Richard Lewis Ward meticulously follows the timeline of the company’s existence from its humble inception in 1914 to its close in 1960 and, through both its obscure and famous productions, traces its resilience to larger trends in the entertainment business. In the first few decades of the twentieth century, the motion picture industry was controlled by an elite handful of powerful firms that allowed very little room for new competition outside of their established cartel. The few independents that garnered some measure of success despite their outsider status usually did so by specializing in underserved or ignored niche markets. Here, Ward chronicles how the Roach Studios, at the mercy of exclusive distribution practices, managed to repeatedly redefine itself in order to survive for nearly a half-century in a cutthroat environment. Hal Roach’s tactic was to nurture talent rather than exhaust it, and his star players spent the prime of their careers shooting productions on his lot. Even during periods of decline or misdirection, the Roach Studios turned out genuinely original material, such as the screwball classic Topper (1937), the brutally frank Of Mice and Men (1940), and the silent experiment One Million B.C. (1940). Ward’s exploration yields insight into the production and marketing strategies of an organization on the periphery of the theatrical film industry and calls attention to the interconnected nature of the studio system during the classic era. The volume also looks to the early days of television when the prolific Roach Studios embraced the new medium to become, for a time, the premier telefilm producer. Aided by a comprehensive filmography and twenty-seven illustrations, A History of the Hal Roach Studios recounts an overlooked chapter in American cinema, not only detailing the business operations of Roach’s productions but also exposing the intricate workings of Hollywood’s rivalrous moviemaking establishment.

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SIU Press

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0809388065

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9780809388066

The Civil Wars of General Joseph E. Johnston

Confederate States Army - Volume I: Virginia and Mississippi, 1861–1863

By: Richard M. McMurry

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The Civil Wars of General Joseph E. Johnston

Confederate States Army - Volume I: Virginia and Mississippi, 1861–1863

By: Richard M. McMurry

Joseph Eggleston Johnston was one of the original five full Confederate generals. He graduated West Point in the same 1829 class as Robert E. Lee and served in the War with Mexico, the Seminole Wars in Florida, and in Texas and Kansas. By 1860 Johnston was widely looked upon as one of America’s finest military officers. During the Civil War he commanded armies in Virginia, Georgia, and the Carolinas and served as commander of the entire Western Theater during a critical period of the war. Johnston’s contributions to the war effort, however, remain a lightning rod of controversy. In The Civil Wars of General Joseph E. Johnston, Richard M. McMurry argues persuasively that the Confederacy’s most lethal enemy was the toxic dissension within the top echelons of its high command. The discord between General Johnston and President Jefferson Davis (and others), which began early in the conflict and only worsened as the months passed, routinely prevented the cooperation and coordination the South needed on the battlefield if it was going to achieve its independence. The result was one failed campaign after another, all of which cumulatively doomed the Southern Confederacy. McMurry’s study is not a traditional military biography but a lively and opinionated conversation about major campaigns and battles, strategic goals and accomplishments, and how these men and their decision-making and leadership abilities directly impacted the war effort. Personalities, argues McMurry, win and lose wars, and the military and political leaders who form the focal point of this study could not have been more different (and in the case of Davis and Johnston, more at odds) when it came to making the important and timely decisions necessary to wage the war effectively. The Civil Wars of General Joseph E. Johnston represents a lifetime of study and contemplation that captures Johnston in a way that has never been accomplished. It sheds fresh light on old controversies and compels readers to think about major wartime events in unique and compelling ways. This first installment begins just before the Civil War and ends on the eve of Johnston taking command of the Army of Tennessee in North Georgia. Here, finally, is the definitive study of how qualities of character played an oversized role in determining the outcome of the Civil War.

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361

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Savas Beatie

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1954547110

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9781954547117

Science-fiction

The Gernsback Years : a Complete Coverage of the Genre Magazines ... from 1926 Through 1936

By: Everett Franklin Bleiler,Richard Bleiler

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Science-fiction

The Gernsback Years : a Complete Coverage of the Genre Magazines ... from 1926 Through 1936

By: Everett Franklin Bleiler,Richard Bleiler

Complementing Science-Fiction: The Early Years, which surveys science-fiction published in book form from its beginnings through 1930, the present volume covers all the science-fiction printed in the genre magazines--Amazing, Astounding, and Wonder, along with offshoots and minor magazines--from 1926 through 1936. This is the first time this historically important literary phenomenon, which stands behind the enormous modern development of science-fiction, has been studied thoroughly and accurately. The heart of the book is a series of descriptions of all 1,835 stories published during this period, plus bibliographic information. Supplementing this are many useful features: detailed histories of each of the magazines, an issue by issue roster of contents, a technical analysis of the art work, brief authors' biographies, poetry and letter indexes, a theme and motif index of approximately 30,0000 entries, and general indexes. Science-Fiction: The Gernsback Years is not only indispensable for reference librarians, collectors, readers, and scholars interested in science-fiction, it is also of importance to the study of popular culture during the Great Depression in the United States. Most of its data, which are largely based on rare and almost unobtainable sources, are not available elsewhere.

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780

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Kent State University Press

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0873386043

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9780873386043

The Fort that Became a City

An Illustrated Reconstruction of Fort Worth, Texas, 1849-1853

By: Richard F. Selcer

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The Fort that Became a City

An Illustrated Reconstruction of Fort Worth, Texas, 1849-1853

By: Richard F. Selcer

This is an excellent history of Fort Worth, Texas. Founded in 1849 as an army outpost in what was then the western frontier of Texas. The soldiers were there to protect settlers. The book features original architectural drawings of what the original fort probably looked like. The illustrator researched the fort through the National Archives and other records and came up with artist's views of the frontier outpost. The accompanying text explains the history of the fort and how it grew into one of the country's great cities.

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TCU Press

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0875651461

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9780875651460

When the Cock Crows

A History of the Pathé Exchange

By: Richard Lewis Ward

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When the Cock Crows

A History of the Pathé Exchange

By: Richard Lewis Ward

This detailed history of the company from the second decade of the twentieth century to the present fills a gap in the history of the early American film industry. A detailed filmography is available online"--

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SIU Press

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0809334968

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9780809334964

Naval Air Station Pensacola

By: Maureen Smith Keillor and AMEC (AW/SW) Richard P. Keillor, MTS

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Naval Air Station Pensacola

By: Maureen Smith Keillor and AMEC (AW/SW) Richard P. Keillor, MTS

The world's first naval aeronautical station, Naval Air Station Pensacola is a dynamic and active station today. A sign at the gate of Naval Air Station Pensacola (NASP) welcomes visitors to "The Cradle of Naval Aviation" - and, indeed it is. It came into being when the USS Mississippi (BB-23) arrived in Pensacola on January 20, 1914, with seven aircraft, nine officers, and 23 men. Today, NASP hosts several schools and several branches of the US military. It is also the home of the Navy's Flight Demonstration Squadron, the Blue Angels, as well as the renowned National Naval Aviation Museum (NNAM), which displays more than 100 years of naval aviation, from a replica Curtiss hydroplane to the F-14 Tomcat.

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128

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Arcadia Publishing

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1467111015

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9781467111010

Beyond the Cheers

Race as Spectacle in College Sport

By: C. Richard King,Charles Fruehling Springwood

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Beyond the Cheers

Race as Spectacle in College Sport

By: C. Richard King,Charles Fruehling Springwood

Focusing on half-time performances, commercialized stagings, media coverage, public panics, and political protests, Beyond the Cheers offers an ethnography, history, and social critique of racial spectacles in college sport. King and Springwood argue that collegiate revenue producing sports are created as a spectacle, driven by a range of contradictory meanings and exploitative practices. While Native Americans are viewed largely as empty or distorted images and African Americans are seen as both shining stars and 'troubled delinquents,' White Americans remain constant as spectators, coaches, administrators, journalists, and athletes, producing and consuming college sport, performing and policing, but seemingly unmarked as racial subjects. In consuming these spectacles, American sports fans learn to embrace inflated, contradictory, and distorted renderings of racial difference and the history of race relations in America.

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State University of New York Press

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0791490408

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9780791490402

Guide to Fly Tying

By: Richard W. Talleur,Dick Talleur

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Guide to Fly Tying

By: Richard W. Talleur,Dick Talleur

A complete, full-color course in fly tying. Step-by-step photos and text for more than 100 patterns.

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Stackpole Books

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0811709876

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9780811709873

One More Good Flight

The Amelia Earhart Tragedy

By: Richard E Gillespie

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One More Good Flight

The Amelia Earhart Tragedy

By: Richard E Gillespie

Shortly before embarking on her attempt to circumnavigate the globe, Amelia Earhart confided to a friend, “I have a feeling there is just about one more good flight left in my system and I hope this trip around the world is it.” This book is the product of The Earhart Project, a thirty-four-year investigation of the Earhart tragedy by The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery. TIGHAR investigators had no agenda. They were not out to advocate, excuse, honor, or impugn. They saw the Earhart disappearance as an aviation accident and reasoned the answer to its cause and outcome should be discoverable if they could find, assemble, and analyze the relevant data. To understand why she died it was necessary to strip away the myths and sentimentality that have grown up over the years and examine the hard truths behind how Earhart's trip around the world came about and why it went so terribly wrong. The U.S. Navy and Coast Guard were major players in the 1937 flight, disappearance, and search for Amelia Earhart, and in the aftermath. The story of the pressures and frustrations the services faced and the mistakes they made contain valuable lessons for today's commanders. Gillespie's first book, Finding Amelia – The True Story of the Earhart Disappearance (Naval Institute Press, 2006) chronicled what was known at that time. This new book updates the story with important new information from historical documents discovered since then and also provides extensive prequel and sequel narratives that complete the saga and give new perspective to the life and death of an American icon.

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Naval Institute Press

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1682479390

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9781682479391

Four Square Leagues

Pueblo Indian Land in New Mexico

By: Malcolm Ebright,Rick Hendricks,Richard W. Hughes

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Four Square Leagues

Pueblo Indian Land in New Mexico

By: Malcolm Ebright,Rick Hendricks,Richard W. Hughes

This long-awaited book is the most detailed and up-to-date account of the complex history of Pueblo Indian land in New Mexico, beginning in the late seventeenth century and continuing to the present day. The authors have scoured documents and legal decisions to trace the rise of the mysterious Pueblo League between 1700 and 1821 as the basis of Pueblo land under Spanish rule. They have also provided a detailed analysis of Pueblo lands after 1821 to determine how the Pueblos and their non-Indian neighbors reacted to the change from Spanish to Mexican and then to U.S. sovereignty. Characterized by success stories of protection of Pueblo land as well as by centuries of encroachment by non-American Indians on Pueblo lands and resources, this is a uniquely New Mexican history that also reflects issues of indigenous land tenure that vex contested territories all over the world.

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UNM Press

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0826354734

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9780826354730

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Buying the Wind

Buying the Wind

Why Do Men Barbecue?

Why Do Men Barbecue?

Before Salem

Before Salem

The Physics and Mathematics of MRI

The Physics and Mathematics of MRI

Empire Falls

Empire Falls

The Complete Book of Paint

The Complete Book of Paint

A History of the Hal Roach Studios

A History of the Hal Roach Studios

The Civil Wars of General Joseph E. Johnston

The Civil Wars of General Joseph E. Johnston

Science-fiction

Science-fiction

The Fort that Became a City

The Fort that Became a City

When the Cock Crows

When the Cock Crows

Naval Air Station Pensacola

Naval Air Station Pensacola

Beyond the Cheers

Beyond the Cheers

Guide to Fly Tying

Guide to Fly Tying

One More Good Flight

One More Good Flight

Four Square Leagues

Four Square Leagues

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